Tom Paine August 10, 2000 Give Us A Fake The Case Against John Stossel By Kenneth Cook On Friday, February 4, 2000, ABC News's highly rated magazine program "20/20" broadcast a devastating report that created an uproar in the rapidly growing, $6 billion organic food industry. Unfortunately, according to an Environmental Working Group (EWG) investigation, correspondent John Stossel based his report on test results that were fabricated in one instance and badly distorted in another. The falsified scientific evidence undermines the truth of the entire story: http://www.tompaine.com/features/2000/08/10/ -- Environmental Working Group (EWG) August 15, 2000 Stossel Reprimanded But Not Fired After six months of stone-walling, ABC News confirmed an Environmental Working Group (EWG) allegation that the network did not conduct pesticide tests for a special 20/20 investigation by correspondent John Stossel that was harshly critical of organic food. ABC has announced that the producer will be suspended for a month and Stossel 'reprimanded.' That's not enough! Stossel lied and threatened an entire industry by disseminating false and damaging information. He should be fired for violating the most basic ethical standards of journalism: http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/reports/givemeafake/home.html -30- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN-ANNOUNCE: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network - Announcements -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20laamn-announce> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20laamn-announce> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20laamn-announce-digest> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=laamn-announce> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn-announce> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive3: <http://archive.tao.ca> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- <home.labridge.com/~laamn> | LAAMN | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
